My Fats Translator: Easily Calculate Your Daily Needs Online

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Would you like to know how many calories per day you should eat? Maybe you're interested in how many total fat grams you should consume. I have a terrific website to tell you about. Check it out: myfatstranslator.com. This site is from the American Heart Association and it's very user friendly. Quickly and easily you put in your age, gender, height, weight and activity level. There are drop down boxes that make this fast and painless with guidance on how to select your activity level. Click on submit and seconds later you will see the total number of calories you should consume daily along with the amount of fat grams and saturated fat grams.

There's another bonus on the page. You'll find great suggestions for real world substitutions or what I call instead of that, try this. For example, instead of grilling eight ounces of baby back pork ribs weighing in at 56 grams of fat and 734 calories, you can grill 7 ounces of salmon for 240 calories and 9 grams of fat. There are ideas for entrees, side dishes, salads and desserts with easy to read nutrition information. The work has all been done for you. It's a simple way to become aware of how much fat comprises items you may not have thought about. Potato salad made with mayo, about ½ cup, has nine grams of fat as compared to ½ cup of baked beans at only 1 gram of fat. Who knew? Granted, this could vary depending on how you make recipes but this is a good generalization. There are suggestions for fast food, Tex-Mex, and breakfast too. You've got to check it out.